Heat, Warrick
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Indiana, July 25 to 28, 1997
High temperatures rose into the mid to upper 90s for three consecutive days. High humidity raised the heat index to between 105 and 115 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
High temperatures rose into the mid to upper 90s for three consecutive days. High humidity raised the heat index to between 105 and 115 degrees. The potentially hazardous conditions prompted the issuance of a heat advisory.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Gibson
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Pike
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Posey
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Posey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Spencer
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Vanderburgh
- When
- July 25, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Wisconsin, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Iowa, July 25 to 27, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 25 to 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Kentucky, July 25 to 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 25, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25 to 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 25, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 25 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609978, 5609979, 5609980, 5609981, 5609982, 5609983.